14.9.16

Arik Air Experience Low Turnout As It Resumes Operation After Temporary Suspension

Arik Air, the largest domestic airline in Nigeria, is currently
experiencing a low turnout of travellers at the Murtala Muhammed
Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The airline, which suspended activities on Tuesday, announced its intention to resume work at 11am on Wednesday.
“Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest airline, is pleased to
announce that scheduled flights will resume from 11 am tomorrow,
Wednesday September 14, 2016,” the airline had said in a statement
signed by Ola Adebanji, its public relations officer.
The airline’s first flight since the suspension took off at about
11:48am on Wednesday, and a ticketing agent with the airline in Lagos,
who did not want to be named, told TheCable that the airline was
experiencing a low turnout.
“The first flight left before 12 noon today. The turnout is less than the usual flow,” he said.

“You don’t expect our fingers to be equal immediately. Its a matter of time, everything will pick up.
“Many of the passengers we had today were the ones who had initially
booked an earlier ticket, and rescheduled. Arik went to Abuja, Benin,
and some other routes I can’t confirm now, but it flew its normal
routes.”

The airline had earlier said its activities were being impacted by the rise in aviation fuel prices across the country.